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Maha: Raju Shetti warns of 'Shimga' agitation at sugar factory directors' residences if farmers denied fair cane prices
Published: 05/11/26 14:15
Satara | India
Satara, Nov 5 (UNI) Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti today issued a stern warning saying that if sugarcane farmers are forced to spend this Diwali festival on the streets due to the stubborn attitude of the Maharashtra government and sugar factory managements, the organisation's activists and farmers will stage a 'Shimga' agitation outside the residences of sugar factory chairpersons and directors. The agitation demanding for a first installment of Rs 4,500 per tonne of sugarcane entered its third day on Wednesday (November 5), with thousands of farmers continuing their road blockade on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway under Shetti's leadership.…